obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

in DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5, a personality disorder characterized by an extreme need for perfection, an excessive orderliness, an inability to compromise, and an exaggerated sense of moral responsibility (see scrupulosity). Also called compulsive personality disorder.

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March 16th 2025

moving-window technique

in studies of reading, an experimental technique in which the words on a page are covered up except for a limited number that can be viewed through a “window,” which moves forward through the text at a set rate.